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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25
FARM NOTES.

Tomato scions have been successfully
grated on to potato stalks, but to no ad-
vantage.
Hens must be kept warm and shelf ered
from the inclemencies of the weather if
expected to lay in winter.
No oil penetrates wood as well as crude
petroleum. none is SO cheap, and none so
effective as preservatiye.
Use every endeavor to induce the birds
to build near the house and barn, as they
are the best insect exterminators.
Buttermilk thickened with wheat mid
dIngs and ground oats, with plenty of
grass, is the best food for growing pigs.
Take advantage of low water to clean
out wells once year. Do not delay lest
rainy weather set in and raise the water.
The clovers, although generally cIassed
as grass by farmers, are notl so, but
these legumes are among the best of for
age plants.
Cabbages delight in frequent cultiva-
ton and cannot be worked too often. If
necessary, the hoe should be used close
to the plants.
To kill moles an Illinois farmer puts
strychnine in pieces of liver the size of a
hickory nut and places the pieces at
different points in their runs.
In regard to the use of plaster in asso-
citation with manure, we think the best
way is to sprinkle a little behind the
cattle every day - say two or three ounces
per head.
Mixed farming is most useful in keep
ing up the soil to degree of fertility.
The epnanad In cbnuI1 ha i,,
keeping with the soil and conditions of
the farm.
A new pear-shaped tomato, "Italian
Wonder has dwarf vines which are very
prolific of large fne-colored fruit, with
thick flesh and very few seeds. Worth
trying.
Turkeys as we'll as chickens should not
be allowed to roost on narrow roosts
while growing, as it causes crooked
breasts, especially in the larger variety
of fowls.
1t is poor economy to use old and
dirty sections for comb honey. 1t will
pay TO commit all such to the flames and
bu new and clean sections for new and
d1tnious honey.
axe compost heap upon which to
Me the refuse of the farm, such as tops
o3S yetables that are not fed to stock,
o. rakiags and leaves, and add a proper
ton of manure occasionally. Upon the
heap throw soapsuds, urine and other
liquids, care being taken to have all ma
terial cut fine. Dry dirt may also be
added as an absorbent 1t will prove ex-
cellent for the garden next spring, as its
fine condition will permit of its being
spread evenly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25
How to Train q Canary.
Our Dumb Animals


Set the cage on table near where you
wish to sit; after little conference with
the bird introduce finger between the
wires near the favorite perch, holding it
there patiently, yourself occupied with
book or paper the while. Presently, as
1t shows no disposition to harm him, he
cautiously goes up to examine it.
Then he picks to ascertain it's
quality, maybe he fights it. That
is well; he no longer fears it. Pay him
withIa little bird food; put him
away. Next day try him again. He may
go farther and light on it, or he may lie
several days getting thus familiar. Be
patient. Once this step is attained, vary
the programme by introducing the finger
in other spots. He will soon light on it
at any point or angle. Then try the door,
at first thrusting the finger under it, next
time fasten it open, blockading egress
with the rest of the hand as one finger ex-
tends within. When he perches on it draw
him forth little; next time tempt him
to the perch outside little, and so on.
liz a short time you have but to open the
cage door, uplift finger and he is sure
to fly to it; and he may thus be called to
any part of the room to rest on the
familiar perch. Most birds learn this
familiarity in few days, yet there are
those who will be two Or four weeks
oh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
NOVEMBER.

The year is waning Solemn sounds are heard
Among the branches of each wind toss'd tree:
Brown looks the grass no floral gems we see;
Forsaken nests by winds alone are stirr'd,
And not by wing OF bird
The skies look cold-wind driven clouds scud by
While fitfu gales whirl sere, dry leaves away,
Fair once, ike friends who come to us one day.
Creep to the heart bring love light to the eye,
Then droop and die.
Yet, while winds chill and summer days DEPART
A host OF other pleasures no : doth Gomez
Brothers and sisters scattered, all come home
Thanksgiving's cheer abounds while fond smiles
start,
AS heart responds to heart
Then, curtains down, around the fire we press
10 sing and jest, to romp and laugh and play,
But while the fun goes round each heart can
say,
November brings Thanksgiving Lord, we bless
Thee for happiness
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25

by suggesting soft gloves or watermelons
as weapons. Let US meet as gentlemen
slr-hre and fall down. stagger to ouI
feet, lean heavily against tree, mutter g
few words In hOarse voice, grasp two
times In rapid succession, put on our
coats, and go home.
| Ifeel almost certain sir, that you will
treat this note in a sighting and jaunty
manner, but beg that you will not do so.
For the sake of the Tidds, who were al
ways plain but rather pleasant set of
people, and for the sake of the De Nyes,
whose only fault has been their fondness
for fresh, hot blood, furnished by other
parties; for the sake of all our ancestors,
sir, let me beg of you to assist in making
this duel success.
If have been brutal in the wording of
this challenge, sir, or violated the code,
or mlspelled any words, will you please
have 1t corrected before you send it to
the printer? I ask this favor of you in
all sincerity and in as courteous man
ner as possible, hoping that you will
grant it promptly, and that you will lose
no opportunity to do all the good you can
during the next few days.
have arranged all my earthly affairs
with the exception of paying my poll tax.
I have turned off the gas meter and am
prepared for any incident, though the
police have promised to come in and ar
rest us at any time we may agree upon.
In closing, sir, allew me to express the
hope that you will surely be at the duel,
and that yoa will bring your dinner.
My second will offer you the choice of
weapons, with an opportunity for retrac-
ton. If you enter into life and its enjoy
ment with real zest / would advise you to
avail yourself of the opportunity to re-
tract, for, although, sir, I would be a
great deal happier with your hearts blood
the retraction will do me just as well, and
you need not humiliate yourself in writ
ing 1t. do not ask you, sir, to grovel.
You can write retraction which will not
compromise you at all, and yet one that
will give me much pleasure,
In the meantime, sir, I shall remain at
the above address, awaiting your decision,
and whatever it may be, sir, beg to re
main your most obedlent antagonist and
well-wisher,
WILLIAM De NYE
Formerly duke of Sweetwater county and
referee during the Modoc war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25
HOrSe-Breedin@.
Western Agrieulturist.


housekeeping has come to be the
leading industry for the western farmers.
Formerly the farmer depended more up
on raising grain; and if few small
horses were annually raised upon the
farm, more than were needed for work,
they were sold but for a small profit, and
the dealer in horses was considered a
sharper or jockey of doubtful integ-
rity. With the Introduction of the noble
draft-horse new impetus was given to
horse breeding. Although met with
strong prejudice, Kissed and scoffed at,
he has won his way to the front on his
honest merits to meet the demands of the
present day and age. The pioneer draft
horse importers and breeders deserve
great credit for their PERSISTENT efforts in
the successful introduction of the draft
horse.
The success of the draft horse breeding
in the western states has doubled the
value of our horses, and it is the increas-
ed value that is the profit. The low price
of grain, beef, and every other farm pro-
duct finds the demand for the heavy grade
lighthouses greater than the supply, and
prices maintained at what the buyers call
big prices. The western states have taken
the lead, because our enterprising farm
ers have literally used the imported draft
stations to grade up as fast as possible
The eastern states and Canada rely more
on breeding to grades and fast horses.
The draft-horse breeding not only gives
greater profits than any other stock or
farm products, but it has elevated the
standard of horse breeding, gives greater
dignity and benefits, there is no Jockey
ing or gambling about it, the best men of
I'M
porting draft horses. At our best fairs
and stock shows the draft-ho1ses are lead
ing attractions.
The draft-horse sells for more money
per pound than any other stock raised on
the farm, and is in active demand all
over the world. He is a staple product,
good as gold everywhere.
More importations of lighthouses this
year than ever before, more importers
and larger importations, mark the prog
ress of the greatest financial factor of
western farmers, and yet the demand in
creases faster than the supply. The
large cities everywhere are eager for the
heavy, high grade lighthouses. The i'm
porter sells all he imports at good prices
and benefits the country; the breeder
who buys an imported stallion makes
money and benefits the community; the
farmer who breeds to the imported stall
ion makes more money with his grade
lighthouses than in raising any other
stock; and the dealer who buys the
grades makes more money than with any
other stock.
All along the line all who are engaged
in the importing, breeding, raising. buy
inp. selling or using the draft-horse
make money and benefit themselves and
their country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25

hundred-pound shot with fifty pounds'of
powder. Through the stem of the vessel
will be torpedo gun, but whether it will
be discharged with COMPRISED air or with
powder is not yet determined. There
will be on each side of the vessel two
other torpedo guns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25

''Missus Finn, heard that your son
Carnalius Stanley had lost his job" 81
say job to yer Missus CAVITY. Shure he
has an illigant job; he's q telegraph OPP
orator, and does be goin' about diggin'
phost holes for the Western Union"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25

ARGUMENTS were to-day made before
the secretary o. the interior upon an ap-
peal by the New Orleans Canal and Bank
ing company, asking the department to
recognize their grant and to close the
public surveys of their property. Also
to annul the surveys made prior to 1872,
and also to cancel the school and swamp
land selections made by the state.
The lands embrace the old Meteirie GENE
tery
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25

Reelaiming Pasture Lands
practical Farmer.)
There il often On general farm con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-08-25

There is a disease called the tobacco
heart, but as it is brought on By smoking
cigarettes it is difficult to see how it got
the Inappropriate name.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24

vi gentleman TO be pulled out Of his bcd?'
"Dan Gullivcr..'' cried the magistrate.
as the lights were brought, and he could
see Il faces, "you are prisoner. Dear
me! dear met"
II asked for the prisoner to be COM
mittcd for trial at the next Dorchester as
sizes, on Il charge Of smuggling. We
caught him in the act"
"Ta-ta-ta! Fair and cnsy:' said the
magistrate. "You forget, sir, that / am
to hear the case. This way-this way.
Oh, Dan Gulliver. what Il blow. what a
blow for all Of us!'
He led the way into the dining room,
where was his great chair of justice, in
which he placed himself.
Caught, Sir, landing IL cargo of brandy
in Rousdon bay" said the officer. "Do
YOU wish to hear evidence"
"Evidence, sir: OF course wish to
hear evidence, and all the evidence you
have to offer, can assure YOU. DO you
think that respectable pcoplc-yco!nen-
substantial farmers, like my friend Dan
Gulllver II his sOns-are to be hailed of
to prison on your jIsc dixit: Ta-ta-ta!
Call your evidence"
There was a general smile at the men
ton Of Dams occupation. Everybody, of
course, knew exactly what his calling
was. Even the officer, Lieut.. Pollard.
drank no branky except what came from
Dams secret cellars.
One after the other, the men were called
Onward by the lieutenant. Each deposed
the same thing. They had marched tc
Rousdon bay by order of the captain,
meaning Lieut.. Pollard; they waited
under shelter of the cliff from 2 o'clock
till 4 or ~thcreabouts; then the Dancing
Polly sailed into the bay, and they cap.
turcd the crew, consisting Of the four
prisoners.
When the lieutenant had called half q
dozen witnesses, the justice asked him if
he had anything else to depose.
"Snthin9 more" REPLIED the officer.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24
CHAPTER III.
LUCKY RUN.

From the moment Will heard about
the smuggling he began to get restless.
He would follow Dan down to the beach
and talk while he looked after the boats.
I knew that he vas pumping Dams ad-
ventures out Of him-a process by no
mean difficult. Dams anecdotes were
chiefly of narrow escapes-not: from rev.
enue cutters or p~rivateefs SO much as
from sea fogs. Once in q thick fog he
nearly put straight into Bridport harbor,
there being at the time only . light
breeze from the southeast, and a revenue
cutter armed. and manned lying within
the two piers, ready to give him and his
cargo q warm welcome. Another time he
had to heave overheard the whole of his
cargo almost under the very nose Of his
pursuers. He knew the whole of the
French coast, from Dunkerque to st.
Malo, and was known in every port. He
would drop along the shore, hugging the
land, SO as to look as much as possible
like q fishing smack, till he arrived at his
destination; when, you may be sure, he
took very little time to load and go away
again. Or there were tales of heavy seas
and stiff sou'westers. Dan was 90 years
of age or ~thereabouts at this time, and
his memory carried him back for half q
century of smuggling. His father before
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24

"Stoy, Mr. Campion, If you please"
Then he took me to his arms and held
me tight, and kissed me again and again
on the lips, till l tore myself from him,
abashcd and confused.
'Now you are all my own," he said,
''and l am yours. We are pledged to eacl
other. l will you exactly what we will
do'-he had his whole plan complete in
his head. eve will 60 up to London.
You shall live with John H%untspill, my
partner. You shall learn the things which
you have to learn; and then, when YOU
are externally to all the world what you
are now to my eyes alone, l will take you
to my mother, and say to her, Mother,
this young lady from Dorsetshire is going
to be my wifc.'n
'Your mother" My heart sanl, a
little.
eyes. By the way" he added, with q
laugh, "she is very particular about family
and rank; what shall We say:'
MY fathers rank was ships carpen.
ter l said, simply.
He laughed. 1--WE will tell her the ex.
act truth, and ask her if she would find q
lovelier girl among the bluest blood. ]
forgot to tell You that my mother is
blind.n
Then. holding my hand in his, he be.
gan to tell me all about himself and his
mother.
He was an only child. His father was
a city merchant, whom the king knighted
during his year as lord mayor. He was
Sir Godfrey Campion. His mother was q
widow. She lived in the city, he told me,
in the square of Great st. Simon Apostle.
tle would be himself, in two years, by his
fathers will, nominally the senior partner
in the house of Campion & Co., of Lon.
don, Bristol and Jamaica. But John
Huntspill would do the work.
81 should like to tell you another thing.
DEAR" he said. "My mother and l parted
in anger. She-one must mo- think i'll OF
ones mothcr-but she does not remember
that l am nearly t%wenty-three years Of
age. We quarreled on account of my
violin. She thinks a fiddle only fit for an
Italian musician, for a bear leader, or for
sailors ashore. Above all, she thinks it
unsuitcd to the head of a city house.
Perhaps it is, but then you see I never
wanted to play the fiddle in the Office,
And Observation-Disclosures was a SCENE
M evening. My dear mother has a hirh
spirit; and when she came in Comparing
her son-the fiddle scraping son-with his
late father, Sir Godfrey Campion, and
when that son declared that the COMPARE
son WAS not fair, and one thing led to an
other, why-there is nothing strange in
the fact that the son resolved to take his
fiddle INTO the country for awhile. That
is how / came here"
"Ics." said, trying, in my ignorant,
country way to realize what all this m .ant
the lord mayor, knighthood and the
rest.
"Was Jour fsthae al edmiralr' 1 ,sked
Mt length. He stared for a moment and
then burst out laughing. OF curse he
always laughed ut everything. Years
after*ard 1 asked him how it was he did
not lose patience with SO much ignorance.
Los p%at;encc''' he asked, in his silly,
delightful way, sit all helped to make ME
love o the more madly.".
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24
I always did. 1t was the last night that
I should ever fall into the sweet, childish

custom.
When 1 awoke from confused dreams of
trouble, which took no Ineligible shape,
it wa still in the depth Of night. There
was nc such thing in those days as
matches, and the strike Of q light by
means Of the finder box was no easy mat.
ter. Yet I could not sleep any more. My
nerves were like quicksilver. l sprang
from my bed, dressed hurriedly in the
dark, tied a thick shawl round my head
and neck, and felt my way down stairs
into the open air in front Of the house.
The night was absolutely black. Clouds
had come up owe the sky, and there was
not q ray Of starlight, not a glimmer ON
the sea. It was only possible to make out
On the left the steep outline of Pinhay
cliff, and on the right a little of the long
line of rock-nothing else. But the wind
blew fresh into my face, and l heard the
roar of the waves dragging down the
single and rolling it up again, and that
xvoo ooponon}orohiu <o MO
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24
Election Notice.

Ramsey county, d. T., on Monday, Sept -. 1887, Al
the engine house ON Kelly avenue. to decide the
question ~ 10 whether said city shall become ineor-
porated under Chapter - Of the Laws passed n ths
seventeenth assembly II the Territory Of Dakota.
The ballots to lie used At said election shall u In the
following form: '.For city organization under general
law
The polls will 10 kept open continually from nine
O'Clock in the forenoon until four in the afternoon.
By order of the Board Of Trustees,
H. L. C~LEYELASD, President
Dated August 81. 1887
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24
win, in fact, was going to fight Joshua

ETC., etc.
Mech.
"What does he mean?' / asked, pres.
emily, when we had left our sulky Joshua,
and were walking in the meadow beside
the alder trees. "That does he mean by
dangling with a young girlS I am the
young girl, I supposeS"
II suppose you are, P~leasance," he re-
piled. "Sit down on this stile and I will
tell you what he means"
1 sat OH the upper bar of the stile, VIII
on the second step, and he looked up in
my face with those smiling, steadfast
eyes CT his, which always went straight to
my heart.
"Joshua Mech MEANS" he began,
"that some men take a delight in stealing
away girls hearts, especially country
glrls hearts, and then leaving Them"
did not quite understand.
Don't open your pretty blue eyes too
wide, Pleasance," he went on; II will ex-
plain by an illustration. Now listen:
"Ever so long ago there was a young
girl about 1G years of age-your age
living in the country by the seaside, with
a jolly old sailor and his two sons, Just as
you have been living. She was u pretty
girl-as pretty-as pretty-as you. She
had the same blue eyes, the same sweet
face, the same ruby lips, the same smile,
and the same light brown curls, and /
think she wore the same sort of straw hat. ~
"Oh, Mr.. Campion!' For all of a sud.
o." =; found out-myseA.
-! Gre was a man who lived not far
flu icr, q man who had a mill. I think
he was a jealous, austere creature, but he
was in love with this girl"
What did he mean?
Then there came from London a young
man who carried a fiddle and played it.
He was quite q commonplace young man,
who had no virtues except that he was
fond of his fiddle. He came into the cot,n-
try intending to he quite alone, to sail and
fish, and make music all to himself. He
found, instead of solitude, a paradise,
peopled with one Eve"
1t sounded very pretty, if I could only
understand it.
''This young man found her society so
delightful that he stayed on. Presently he
began to feel us if he did not care ever to
go away OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES she would
go away with him."
Then I understood that he had been
making up a little story about himself and
me, and l wondered what else he meant.
l suppose Hooked bewildered.
My dear, my dear, do you not under
stand me /" he caught both my hands and
pressed them to his lips. do you not
understand me? l want you to promise
to be my wife,
"Your wife, Mr.. Campion ? but you are
a gentleman"
"Listen, little innocent; would you like
me to go away?"
shook my head, and the tears came
into my eyes.
"Do you like being with me:"
eyes" 1 answered, quite frankly, be-
cause there was nothing to conceal; II
like being with you very much"
GLOW should you feel if you knew that
You would never see me AGAIN."
/ shuddercd.
81 must go away, unless you bid mo
stay. You can only do that by promising
to marry me-"
"But what will Dan says"
"Dan will agree. Say, am l to stays"
lgave him one hand, but he took both.
"Stay, Mr.. Campion, if you please"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24
Drunkenness or tho Liquor Habit Positively
Cured By administering Dr.. Haiuee'
Golden SpeeIde.

team be given In a cup Of coffee or tea wtth.
OF! :hr knowi-dge OF the person taking IL: il
absolutely harmless and will effect . ierns-
Ii"i.t and speedy cure. whether the PATIENTS
i!i"!eratc drlrker or an alcoholic wreck,
thousands OF drunkards have been made TEN.
i"rntt men who have taken Golden Speci6c
N ;ii"lr coffee without their knowledge, and
Tree viii. IT NEVEK FAILS. The system
one" I~inpregnated with the Spe cinc 1t becomes
IN utter imp0ssiDility for the liquor appetite to
exist. For full particulars, address GOLDEN
SPECIFIC CO.. 1856 Race st.. Cincinnati. O.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-09-24

Land nHic' ~ Grand Forks, Il I. S-iit l.I
N"tiec Is hereby given that the follow ing named ..ttl,.
has filed nutire Of his intention u nakr nnn, pr,s,f Ia
support cf his clain', and that said proof viii b. n.si.
before 7 { Saunders, clerk u district court n, l,-ri,.
Lake, y T.. on October Is. lsa;, VIZ. linton X
SMITH. Us NJ lllv5, Tor the he Il sec II, town IA
range Gi.
lie names ;he following mitn.ss-. L. prove his con.
tinu"ns Residence upon. md cultivation OF said LAM
Alexander Mclean. Gunicr l. ulstal, Frank N E,I..
Nicls Rasmussen, all OF Devil. Lake, DIT
.i'.? DC. TirYASt, REGISTER.